WATCH: Mourners gather to pay their respects to beloved dad at funeral MOURNERS have lined the streets to pay their respects to a beloved dad who was stabbed to death. The funeral of dad James Gibbons is taking place at Bentley Crematorium in Pilgrims Hatch, following his death on May 2 this year. The 34-year-old died from stab wounds after being found in Iris Mews, Laindon at around 9.30pm. Self-employed plumber Mr Gibbons had celebrated his two-year-old twin daughters’ birthday earlier on the day, his family said. They described him as an “amazing father”, and the “kind of person who would always be prepared to help anyone less fortunate than himself”.
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Kye Lewis is being sentenced for raping a woman twice on the top of his car bonnet in a cemetery in 2017.
The sentence comes more than four months after he was convicted by a jury in August last year.
Our reporter Ellis Whitehouse is providing live updates from Basildon Crown Court.
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